A teaser trailer has been released for a Scottish horror comedy film about mutant killer midges.
Fort William-based author and screenwriter Barry Hutchison posted his idea for the movie on social media last summer as a joke.
The response to the post has led to Midgies going into a pre-production phase with cast and locations being considered ahead of a plan to film next year.
Glasgow-based film-maker Alessio Avezzano shot the short teaser this summer, with some of the filming done in Balloch Country Park, West Dunbartonshire.
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The teaser features two walkers coming across a frightened scientist, and a laboratory under attack from an unseen menace.
Scottish companies including Motif Studios, which worked on visual effects for a Mad Max film, and digital entertainment firm Blazing Griffin were involved in making the three minute-long short film.
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He said the new teaser would form part of a package of materials which will be pitched at film production companies and potential funders.
"We were hoping to be a little further on," said Hutchison.
"Writer and actor strikes in the US ground film production globally to a halt in many ways. As a result of that we lost our US producer."
Hutchison said the focus was now on making the film as much of a Scottish production as possible.
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Hutchison added: "We are looking to shoot next year in the summer, although we will be plagued by actual midges which could be problematic."